Man becomes TikTok star for unusually long thumb
TikTokkers have given the thumbs up to this digit-al star
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}TikTokkers have given the thumbs up to a digit-al star who has gone viral for doing ordinary things with his extraordinarily long thumb.
Jacob Pina claims that his right thumb is about four-and-a-half inches long, and has drawn a following of nearly 1 million on TikTok for doing silly stunts with his famous finger since joining the video-sharing platform last year.
@jwpina Need to cool off ☀️👍🏼 ##foryou ##fyp ##longthumb ##Manifestation Snapchat: j_pina78
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“It’s real, but the thing is I have to dislocate and extend it for it to look long,” the Westport, Mass., man told NBC Boston Channel 10 in a Friday interview. “It’s not painful, it’s normal. I’ve been doing it for years.”
In a candid clip posted earlier this week, Pina joked that he needed to “cool off” and dunked his thumb in a bucket of water, in a video that’s since been viewed 6.1 million times.
@jwpina All it needed was some water 🤷🏻♂️ ##foryou ##fyp ##longthumb ##SummerProject
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In other memorable moments, Pina has used his famous digit to turn on faucets, knock over random objects and win many thumb wars, a game he alleges he’s "never lost.”
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@jwpina Never lost 🤷🏻♂️👍🏼 ##foryou ##fyp ##longthumb ##SummerVlog Snapchat: j_pina78
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Growing up, Pina’s mom Karen Pragana said that she never worried about her son’s freaky finger.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“He never had trouble using his hands or anything like that. He’s very lanky, and I have always said, you have piano fingers — or surgeon’s fingers. But no, it was never a concern,” she told The Boston Globe last year. “I always joked with him that it got that way from gaming. He’s a big-time avid gamer.”
In other rules of thumb, the TikTok sensation insisted that his toes were more typical.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Everybody asks that! No, I don't have long toes,” Pina said.